Dear President Trump,

When you ran your 2024 campaign, you promised to end the cycle of “forever wars” that had drained trillions of dollars and brought little benefit to the American people. Many voters believed you when you said it was time to put American interests first and avoid new foreign entanglements.

Yet your administration’s actions since taking office have sharply diverged from those promises. The most striking example is the escalating war with Iran—a conflict that even senior officials inside your own administration have publicly rejected. Joe Kent, the Director of the National Counterterrorism Center and a top aide to Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, resigned in protest, stating plainly that “Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation” and that the war was launched “due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby.”

Kent’s resignation is not an isolated viewpoint. It aligns with years of warnings from Tulsi Gabbard herself, who has consistently opposed regimechange wars and repeatedly cautioned that a U.S. war with Iran would be catastrophic. As far back as 2019 and 2020, she condemned what she called “neocons” and “warmongers” pushing the United States toward conflict with Tehran. She even promoted the slogan “No War With Iran,” warning that such a war would make Iraq and Afghanistan “seem like a picnic.” Gabbard also warned against regimechange operations in Venezuela, arguing that the United States should not interfere in the internal political processes of other nations. Her position was clear: if Americans do not want foreign powers choosing U.S. leaders, then the United States must stop trying to choose leaders for others. Her cautious and indirect responses during the March 18 Senate Intelligence hearing underscored how constrained senior officials now feel when addressing your administration’s Iran........

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